This paper examines India’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, a package of support for poor and vulnerable people that included access to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a clean cooking fuel.

This paper finds that workers in low-income countries face lower exposure to artificial intelligence than those in high-income countries, mainly due to within-occupation task differences, and ...

ADB President Masato Kanda met with Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. today in the first-ever visit by a Palau head of state to the bank’s Manila headquarters.

ADB is establishing a new learning platform to enhance knowledge sharing efforts in its developing member countries, helping them solve their complex challenges through tailored programs built on real ...

ADB has signed a CNY141.4 million (equivalent to $20 million) senior secured loan with Zhejiang Xinghan Bona Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd to support the distribution of pharmaceuticals in the ...

The 59th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of ADB will be held from 3 to 6 May 2026 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. To request to participate, please apply for accreditation via the online request ...

Asian Development Bank’s Secretary Bruno Carrasco and Deputy Secretary Harumi Kodama extend an advance welcome to participants of the 59th Annual Meeting of the ADB Board of Governors, to be held in ...

Since 2019, the Asian Development Bank has mobilized over $4 billion for ocean action in Asia and the Pacific, supporting coastal resilience, restoring marine ecosystems, reducing pollution, and ...

The ADB Board of Directors endorsed a new Strategic Human Resource Framework designed to empower an agile, high-performing workforce to tackle the region’s most complex development challenges.

The Asian Development Bank approved the $109 million flood management for communities in the Banten and Maluku Province Indonesia to ensuring infrastructure meets high standards of resilience and to ...

Highlighting how women are underrepresented in the management and delivery of water, the report recommends setting targets, monitoring progress toward gender equality, and promoting gender-inclusive ...